You've got a great gaming keyboard, and now you need a great mouse to go with it? Well the Swedish company MIONIX thinks they might have the solution for you. We've reviewed their NAOS 5000 and NAOS 3200 units in the past and were reasonably pleased with their performance. And now they've just announced their new NAOS 7000 high performance optical gaming mouse. MIONIX even made a nice little demo video for you.

Billed as a truly ergonomic, right-handed gaming mouse, it looks like it follows the same form factor as many other gaming grade rodents. That means that it has a full palm grip with a high point near the middle of the mouse for optimal control.

The hardware used within this mouse is littered with just as many interesting specs. This includes a 7000 dpi sensor with no hardware acceleration, to ensure any movement is smooth like butter. The NAOS 7000 even has a built in ARM processor with supporting software, allowing you to customize every button, movement aspect, and even allows you to change the LED colour.

The price for this mouse is suggested to be $79.99 US and it should be available this month at the usual places. More details are in the full press release below.

"With our constant focus on performance, customization and comfort the new NAOS 7000 is the best ergonomic gaming mouse on the market," says Peter Nygren, CEO at Mionix.

Product Overview
The NAOS 7000 is a truly ergonomic, right-handed gaming mouse. The unique shape is developed for a full palm grip with support for all five fingers.

The ADNS-3310 gaming grade optical sensor delivers no positive or negative hardware acceleration, amazing accuracy, smooth tracking, and a maximum speed of ≥5.45m/sec (≥215 IPS) all the way up to 7000DPI.

With the new lift off distance (LOD) Calibration feature we have combined the Surface Quality Analyzer Tool (S.Q.A.T ™) with adjustment of the lift off height to find the lowest possible LOD with optimized tracking.

The lightning fast 32bit ARM™ processor enables the mouse to have many features without compromising the tracking of the sensor. The downloadable software provides access to fully customize all buttons, sensor settings, LED colors, macros and profiles.

Features

Truly ergonomic design
The NAOS 7000 is a truly ergonomic, right-handed gaming mouse. The unique shape is developed for a full palm grip with support for all five fingers.

Gaming grade optical sensor
The ADNS-3310 gaming grade optical sensor delivers no positive or negative hardware acceleration, amazing accuracy, smooth tracking, and a maximum speed of more than 5.45m/sec (215 IPS) all the way up to 7000DPI

Lightning fast processor
The lightning fast ARM™ processor running at 32Mhz enables the mouse to have many features without compromising the tracking of the sensor.

Mechanical micro-switches
Engineered with Omron™ mechanical micro-switches for a responsive feel and precision quality with a 20 million click lifespan.

7 fully programmable buttons
The 7 fully programmable buttons can be assigned to any key, mouse command or macro, which is programmed via the downloadable software. You can also use the buttons to switch easily between stored profiles and DPI steps in-game without taking your eyes away from the screen.

Customizable LED lighting system
With up to 16.8 million color options, you can adjust the 2 lighting zones displaying a single color or color shift in a Solid, Blinking, Pulsating or Breathing lighting effect.

Maximum grip
The surface of the mouse is treated with 4 layers of a soft touch rubber coating. This highly durable surface ensures a maximum grip and soft touch feel.

S.Q.A.T™ – Surface Quality Analyzer Tool
The NAOS 7000 is equipped with our Surface Quality Analyzer Tool (S.Q.A.T ). Which measures the data loss between the sensor and the gaming surface. The result assists the choice of which gaming surface is best for your mouse setup.

For more information on the NAOS 7000 please visit http://mionix.net/products/naos-7000/

About Mionix
Mionix AB was founded in 2007 by Peter Nygren. The goal was to design and develop high-end computer peripherals made for gamers. The company stands for high quality, cool design and a touch of innovation. Mionix has received numerous of international prizes and awards for their products. Mionix has a global presence with a worldwide network of distributors, resellers and partners. For more information, visit www.mionix.net

About The Author

His passion may have started in PC hardware, but as PC News Editor Jason Landals finds both his cutting wit and lack of shyness when a devils advocate is needed to be the best way to engage the Futurelooks audience. With knowledge and experience dating back to the PII/Celeron era he's seen a lot of technology come and go, and will gladly elaborate on how the latest and greatest has actually been a long time coming.